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November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... measures for consideration at one time, as opposed to an omnibus package that would fund the government as a whole. Once the bills funding health agencies are approved in each chamber of Congress, the House and Senate will have to resolve disagreements over spending levels as well as ... letter being circulated by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). The letter affirms support for the House Appropriations Committee's 2012 fiscal year health funding bill proposal to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by $1 billion and calls on the committee to fight for this ... with the Senate. Importantly, the letter also states that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care programs should not be used to pay for the NIH increase.   Common Rule The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN submitted comments to the ...

November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... measures for consideration at one time, as opposed to an omnibus package that would fund the government as a whole. Once the bills funding health agencies are approved in each chamber of Congress, the House and Senate will have to resolve disagreements over spending levels as well as ... letter being circulated by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). The letter affirms support for the House Appropriations Committee's 2012 fiscal year health funding bill proposal to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by $1 billion and calls on the committee to fight for this ... with the Senate. Importantly, the letter also states that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care programs should not be used to pay for the NIH increase.   Common Rule The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN submitted comments to the ...

November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... measures for consideration at one time, as opposed to an omnibus package that would fund the government as a whole. Once the bills funding health agencies are approved in each chamber of Congress, the House and Senate will have to resolve disagreements over spending levels as well as ... letter being circulated by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). The letter affirms support for the House Appropriations Committee's 2012 fiscal year health funding bill proposal to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by $1 billion and calls on the committee to fight for this ... with the Senate. Importantly, the letter also states that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care programs should not be used to pay for the NIH increase.   Common Rule The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN submitted comments to the ...

November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... measures for consideration at one time, as opposed to an omnibus package that would fund the government as a whole. Once the bills funding health agencies are approved in each chamber of Congress, the House and Senate will have to resolve disagreements over spending levels as well as ... letter being circulated by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). The letter affirms support for the House Appropriations Committee's 2012 fiscal year health funding bill proposal to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by $1 billion and calls on the committee to fight for this ... with the Senate. Importantly, the letter also states that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care programs should not be used to pay for the NIH increase.   Common Rule The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN submitted comments to the ...

ACS CAN Wisconsin Volunteer Letter Published

Gallagher’s health care-related votes disappointing WRIGHTSTOWN - As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I am deeply disappointed with two of Rep. Mike Gallagher's recent votes. First, Rep. Gallagher voted for the American Health Care Act, despite having no score from the Congressional Budget Office and despite opposition from all the leading health-related nonprofit ...

Coming Soon: ACS CAN Surviving the System Lobby Day

... loved ones from across the country will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the ACS CAN "Surviving the System: Why Cancer Patients Need Health Care Reform NOW" Lobby Day. ACS CAN staff and the patients will take the message to Capitol Hill that cancer patients and survivors need health care reform now, not later, by sharing personal stories with their elected officials. Their stories personify the experiences of cancer ...

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Advocates Urge State Leaders to Expand Medicaid

... Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Due to the state legislature failing to pass Medicaid expansion this year, many of them will lack access to the health care they need to treat this disease. All Mississippians deserve access to high quality health care.  “Mississippians should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer by having access to quality ...

Important Message From John Seffrin

Message From John Seffrin   Meaningful health care reform is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our ...

Three Years Later, Full Implementation of Critical Patient Protections Just Months Away

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2013 Three years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, people with cancer or at risk for developing the disease are just months away from a ban on pre-existing condition ... this Saturday marks the countdown to broad implementation of critical patient protections that will increase access to affordable, meaningful health care for people with cancer and other chronic diseases beginning in January 2014. Barriers to health care coverage have hindered progress in the fight to reduce death and suffering from cancer for far too long, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, ...

Rejecting Special Enrollment Period Puts Americans at Increased Risk of COVID-19

... D.C.—According to media reports, the administration has indicated it will not create a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, to allow uninsured Americans to enroll in health coverage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... “We would strongly urge the administration to reconsider this reported decision and allow uninsured Americans the opportunity to obtain health coverage through a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act during this rapidly accelerating pandemic. “Access to timely ...

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